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People Groups (click people name for profile) |
Population |
Indig |
% Evangel |
% Adherent |
Progress Scale |
Primary Religion |
Primary Language |
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Afrikaner | 97,000 | | 20.00 % | 94.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Afrikaans | 0P Afrikaner | 1 | 1 | Ambo | 4,300 | Y● | 5.00 % | 90.00 % | 4  | Christianity | Lala-Bisa | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arab, Lebanese | 3,600 | | 0.50 % | 32.00 % | 2  | Islam | Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | 0P Arab, Lebanese | 1 | 1 | Aushi | 177,000 | Y● | 24.00 % | 90.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Aushi | 0P Aushi | 1 | 1 | Bemba | 4,694,000 | Y● | 35.00 % | 97.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Bemba | 0P Bemba | 1 | 1 | Bisa | 351,000 | Y● | 22.00 % | 95.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lala-Bisa | 1 | 1 | 1 | British | 12,000 | | 8.80 % | 60.00 % | 4  | Christianity | English | 0P British | 1 | 1 | Bwile | 98,000 | Y● | 19.00 % | 95.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Bwile | 1 | 1 | 1 | Chokwe | 110,000 | | 12.00 % | 60.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Cokwe | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cishinga | 114,000 | Y● | 12.00 % | 80.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Bemba | 1 | 1 | 1 | Deaf | 132,000 | Y● | | 86.95 % | 3  | Christianity | Zambian Sign Language | 1 | 1 | 1 | French | 7,300 | | 1.00 % | 61.00 % | 3  | Christianity | French | 0P French | 1 | 0T | Greek | 9,800 | | 0.40 % | 91.00 % | 3  | Christianity | Greek | 0P Greek | 1 | 0T | Gujarati | 41,000 | | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1  | Hinduism | Gujarati | 0P Gujarati | 0M Gujarati of Zambia | 0T | Han Chinese, Mandarin | 49,000 | | 5.70 % | 9.00 % | 4  | Non-Religious | Chinese, Mandarin | 0P Han Chinese, Mandarin | 1 | 0T | Ila | 172,000 | Y● | 17.00 % | 60.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Ila | 0P Ila | 1 | 0T | Italian | 12,000 | | 1.10 % | 82.00 % | 3  | Christianity | Italian | 0P Italian | 1 | 1 | Iwa | 7,500 | Y● | 13.00 % | 80.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Nyamwanga | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jew, English Speaking | 3,300 | | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1  | Ethnic Religions | English | 0P Jew, English Speaking | 1 | 0T | Kabende | 80,000 | Y● | 16.00 % | 95.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Bemba | 1 | 1 | 1 | Kaonde | 365,000 | Y● | 28.00 % | 90.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Kaonde | 1 | 1 | 1 | Kunda | 55,000 | Y● | 13.00 % | 45.00 % | 5  | Ethnic Religions | Kunda | 1 | 1 | 1 | Kxoe, Xun | 200 | Y● | 3.00 % | 8.00 % | 4  | Ethnic Religions | Khwedam | 0P Kxoe, Xun | 0M Kxoe, Xun of Zambia | 1 | Lala-Bisa | 694,000 | Y● | 22.00 % | 95.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lala-Bisa | 0P Lala-Bisa | 1 | 1 | Lamba | 351,000 | Y● | 22.00 % | 94.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lamba | 0P Lamba | 1 | 1 | Lamba-Lima | 4,000 | Y● | 22.00 % | 95.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lamba | 1 | 1 | 1 | Lambya, Rambia | 17,000 | Y● | 13.00 % | 97.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lambya | 0P Lambya, Rambia | 1 | 1 | Lenje | 227,000 | Y● | 17.00 % | 70.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lenje | 1 | 1 | 0T | Leya | 18,000 | Y● | 2.00 % | 20.00 % | 2  | Ethnic Religions | Tonga | 0P Leya | 1 | 1 | Lozi | 1,104,000 | Y● | 19.00 % | 83.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lozi | 0P Lozi | 1 | 1 | Luano | 2,900 | Y● | 8.00 % | 80.00 % | 4  | Christianity | Lala-Bisa | 1 | 1 | 1 | Luchazi | 52,000 | | 40.00 % | 80.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lucazi | 0P Luchazi | 1 | 1 | Lunda, Luapula | 211,000 | Y● | 18.00 % | 93.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Bemba | 1 | 1 | 1 | Lunda, Northwest | 398,000 | Y● | 21.00 % | 88.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lunda | 0P Lunda, Northwest | 1 | 1 | Luvale | 303,000 | Y● | 26.00 % | 60.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Luvale | 0P Luvale | 1 | 1 | Luyana | 4,600 | Y● | 18.00 % | 80.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Luyana | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mambwe-Lungu | 367,000 | Y● | 21.00 % | 75.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Mambwe-Lungu | 0P Mambwe-Lungu | 1 | 1 | Masi | 33,000 | Y● | 13.00 % | 40.00 % | 5  | Ethnic Religions | Mashi | 0P Masi | 1 | 1 | Mbowe | 800 | Y● | 8.00 % | 45.00 % | 4  | Ethnic Religions | Mbowe | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mbukushu | 11,000 | Y● | 20.00 % | 90.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Mbukushu | 0P Mbukushu | 1 | 1 | Mbunda | 147,000 | Y● | 27.00 % | 50.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Mbunda | 0P Mbunda | 1 | 1 | Mukulu | 9,100 | Y● | 13.00 % | 80.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Bemba | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ndebele | 14,000 | | 4.00 % | 60.00 % | 4  | Christianity | Ndebele | 0P Ndebele | 1 | 1 | Nkoya, Lambya | 62,000 | Y● | 25.00 % | 60.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Nkoya | 0P Nkoya, Lambya | 1 | 1 | Nsenga | 717,000 | Y● | 18.00 % | 89.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Nsenga | 0P Nsenga | 1 | 1 | Nyamwanga | 239,000 | Y● | 20.00 % | 90.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Nyamwanga | 0P Nyamwanga | 1 | 1 | Nyanja, Chewa | 1,782,000 | Y● | 30.00 % | 97.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Chichewa | 0P Nyanja, Chewa | 1 | 0T | Nyiha, Tanzania | 724,000 | Y● | 9.00 % | 40.00 % | 4  | Ethnic Religions | Nyiha, Tanzania | 0P Nyiha, Tanzania | 0M Nyiha, Tanzania of Zambia | 1 | Nyika | 9,500 | Y● | 4.00 % | 75.00 % | 4  | Christianity | Nyika | 1 | 1 | 1 | Portuguese | 5,000 | | 3.00 % | 94.00 % | 4  | Christianity | Portuguese | 0P Portuguese | 1 | 1 | Sala | 42,000 | Y● | 11.00 % | 45.00 % | 5  | Ethnic Religions | Sala | 1 | 1 | 1 | Senga | 141,000 | Y● | 12.00 % | 75.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Tumbuka | 1 | 1 | 1 | Serb | 4,900 | | 0.60 % | 80.00 % | 3  | Christianity | Serbian | 0P Serb | 1 | 0T | Shasha, Mashasha | 2,100 | Y● | 6.00 % | 60.00 % | 4  | Christianity | Nkoya | 1 | 1 | 1 | Shona | 39,000 | Y● | 12.00 % | 60.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Shona | 0P Shona | 1 | 1 | Simaa | 8,900 | Y● | 9.00 % | 45.00 % | 4  | Ethnic Religions | Simaa | 1 | 1 | 1 | Simaa-Imilangu, Mdundulu | 6,400 | Y● | 14.00 % | 75.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Simaa | 1 | 1 | 1 | Simaa-Makoma | 25,000 | Y● | 10.00 % | 40.00 % | 4  | Ethnic Religions | Simaa | 1 | 1 | 1 | Simaa-Mwenyi | 8,100 | Y● | 12.00 % | 45.00 % | 5  | Ethnic Religions | Simaa | 1 | 1 | 1 | Soli | 60,000 | Y● | 18.00 % | 55.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Soli | 0P Soli | 1 | 1 | Subia | 2,400 | Y● | 7.00 % | 45.00 % | 4  | Ethnic Religions | Kuhane | 1 | 1 | 1 | Swahili | 44,000 | | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1  | Islam | Swahili | 0P Swahili | 0M Swahili of Zambia | 0T | Swaka | 67,000 | Y● | 18.00 % | 84.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Lala-Bisa | 1 | 1 | 1 | Tabwa | 49,000 | | 14.00 % | 63.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Taabwa | 0P Tabwa | 1 | 1 | Tabwa, Shila | 7,300 | Y● | 12.00 % | 90.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Taabwa | 1 | 1 | 1 | Toka | 27,000 | Y● | 7.00 % | 45.00 % | 4  | Ethnic Religions | Tonga | 0P Toka | 1 | 1 | Tonga, Zambezi | 2,331,000 | Y● | 27.00 % | 94.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Tonga | 0P Tonga, Zambezi | 1 | 1 | Totela | 2,000 | Y● | 6.00 % | 45.00 % | 4  | Ethnic Religions | Totela | 1 | 1 | 1 | Tumbuka | 505,000 | | 20.00 % | 87.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Tumbuka | 0P Tumbuka | 0M Tumbuka of Zambia | 0T | Tumbuka, Yombe | 3,500 | Y● | 3.00 % | 90.00 % | 4  | Christianity | Tumbuka | 1 | 1 | 1 | Unga | 44,000 | Y● | 21.00 % | 95.00 % | 5  | Christianity | Bemba | 1 | 1 | 1 | Yao, Muslim | 4,800 | | 1.00 % | 3.00 % | 1  | Islam | Yao | 0P Yao, Muslim | 0M Yao, Muslim of Zambia | 0T | Yauma | 12,000 | | 7.00 % | 80.00 % | 4  | Christianity | Yauma | 1 | 0M Yauma of Zambia | 0T |
Total People Groups: 73 |
17,538,000 |
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71,000 |
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UN Country Population (2018) |
17,609,000 |
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Zambia – People Progress |
% of People Groups [1]
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% of Population in People Group [1] [2]
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NOTES:
- Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
- % of Population in People Group: The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.
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Zambia – People Photos *** Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*** | |  Afrikaner 97,000 
|  Arab, Lebanese 3,600 
|  Aushi 177,000 
|  Bemba 4,694,000 
|  British 12,000 
|  French 7,300 
|  Greek 9,800 
|  Gujarati 41,000 
|  Han Chinese, Mandarin 49,000 
|  Ila 172,000 
|  Italian 12,000 
|  Jew, English Speaking 3,300 
|  Kxoe, Xun 200 
|  Lala-Bisa 694,000 
|  Lamba 351,000 
|  Lambya, Rambia 17,000 
|  Leya 18,000 
|  Lozi 1,104,000 
|  Luchazi 52,000 
|  Lunda, Northwest 398,000 
|  Luvale 303,000 
|  Mambwe-Lungu 367,000 
|  Masi 33,000 
|  Mbukushu 11,000 
|  Mbunda 147,000 
|  Ndebele 14,000 
|  Nkoya, Lambya 62,000 
|  Nsenga 717,000 
|  Nyamwanga 239,000 
|  Nyanja, Chewa 1,782,000 
|  © Copyrighted Photo Nyiha, Tanzania 724,000 
|  Portuguese 5,000 
|  Serb 4,900 
|  Shona 39,000 
|  Soli 60,000 
|  © Copyrighted Photo Swahili 44,000 
|  © Copyrighted Photo Tabwa 49,000 
|  Toka 27,000 
|  Tonga, Zambezi 2,331,000 
|  Tumbuka 505,000 
|  Yao, Muslim 4,800 
| Zambia People Photos *** Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*** |
Zambia – Religions |
Major Religions [1] [3]
Evangelicals: 25.2 % (subset of Christianity) |
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Christianity Segments [2] [3]
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% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends [4]
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NOTES:
- Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
- Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
- Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
- % Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends: Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.
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Zambia – Possible Ministry Involvement |
- Below are lists of ministries that may work in Zambia. Ministries in the Zambia section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the East and Southern Africa section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
- The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
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Ministries in Zambia |
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Ministries in East and Southern Africa |
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Zambia – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
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Notes |
[1] Calculated by summing the major religion data for the people groups in the country. |
[2] Calculated by summing the Evangelical data for the people groups in the country. |
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